The National War Garden Commission was an American effort in 1917 to “grow your own” in a time of limited food production. Farmerettes were the young women harvesting the land and encouraging self-sustainability across the country.
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Vigo County Canning Club, Indiana 1918
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Washington DC Farmerettes, 1917
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Farmerette, 1919
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images via the Library of Congress